Universal Crossword December 5, 2024 Answers

1. Plant-based ___ 5. "BuzzFeed Unsolved" cohost Madej 10. Events with smokers, for short 14. Like many people in the Fertile Crescent 15. ___-mouthed (vulgar) 16. Boor 17. "You're 100% correct!" (In this answer, note letters 4, 6 and 8) 20. Course that might teach someone to say "It's nice to meet you": Abbr. 21. Geometry calculation 22. Bakery desserts 23. Space similar to a man cave 25. ___ Stone (famous artifact with hieroglyphs) 27. "___ better to have loved and lost ..." 28. Green Avenger 29. Hypotheticals 30. Apt letters missing from "_ont_i_er" 31. Greek sandwich 32. Greek god of love 33. Certain law firm worker (... letters 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12) 36. Simple shelters 37. Stiletto feature 38. Hongbao color 39. Contacts via WhatsApp 40. Got on in years 41. "The Wild Thornberrys" actor Curry 42. Annoying nonhuman commenter 44. Someone who mimics 48. Gathered intel 49. Lump in a naughty kid's stocking 50. Commotion 51. "How can we become just as amazing?" (... letters 5, 7, 9 and 11) 54. Bring on board 55. Happening 56. Big name in canned fruit 57. Chooses 58. Full of 'tude 59. Snow day conveyance

1. Sleepover game challenges 2. Like boxty and colcannon 3. Scouts BSA bird 4. "not gonna lie ..." 5. Ferns' reproductive units 6. Fine-tuned, as skills 7. Flour ground in a chakki mill 8. Ultimate degree 9. Hazel or blue 10. British fella 11. Very weary 12. Travel in search of 13. Piggy's place 18. Hummus ingredient 19. Luchador's covering 24. Huge fans, in slang 25. Like farm living 26. Mule's father 28. Publicized heavily 30. Cleaves 31. Say hi to 32. No friend 33. Abruptly desert 34. "ABSOLUTELY!" 35. ___ word score (Scrabble board phrase) 36. "___ Dark Materials" 40. Fivers, in old slang 41. Like a cozy spot by the fire 43. Tiny arachnids 44. Podiatrists' concerns 45. Yuletide tune 46. "Hometown Glory" singer 47. Carried around 49. Actors' prompts 51. "___ goes there?" 52. Eggs, to biologists 53. Some music store offerings